20110617012979I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Boyvey Roger V VANS RV-7 · Palm Springs, CA · June 17, 2011

Date
June 17, 2011 · 14:37 local
Place
Palm Springs, CA
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N636RB
Reported as
Boyvey Roger V Vans RV-7
Reported engine
Continental IO-360
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
3,120 total55 in this make and model35 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

After landing rwy 31R at psp airman was, as directed by tower, turning to back taxi to exit rwy when the aircraft pitched downward resulting in a propeller strike and engine stoppage.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER LANDING RWY 31R AT PSP AIRMAN WAS, AS DIRECTED BY TOWER, TURNING TO BACK TAXI TO EXIT RWY WHEN THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED DOWNWARD RESULTING IN A PROPELLER STRIKE AND ENGINE STOPPAGE.